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18 October 2010, 06:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bromsgrove
Boat name: Kick-Ass !
Make: PAC/Artic 22
Length: 6m +
Engine: 250hp Yamaha
Join Date: Nov 2003
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check them trailers b4 towing
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18 October 2010, 08:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
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I think he was looking to get tha in the water at the bottom of the ditch ! 
Good job he had those poles on there to keep everything straight .. I wonder if there is much damage to the boat
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18 October 2010, 10:21
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
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Trailer came off towball?
I must admit I've never been a great fan of 50mm towballs, not sure why as I have never lost a trailer ... it just doesn't seem inherently secure compared to a NATO jaw with a locking mechanism AND a big locking pin through it. The one on my Ifor Williams seems pretty solid but the locking clamp on some smaller trailer hitches is really weedy looking. I hope the SBS one is decent.
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18 October 2010, 15:53
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 3,804
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
I hope the SBS one is decent.
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My SBS has a Bradley hitch which seems pretty substantial...
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18 October 2010, 20:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,167
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jizm
My SBS has a Bradley hitch which seems pretty substantial...
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So has mine which is a 2600 twin axle, but the hitch is still only pressed steel. Not a good a good old fashioned cast 'un. Just beware that when you put the hitch onto the towball it sits down properly & the hitch handle goes fully down, i didn't, just the once 
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18 October 2010, 21:17
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
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The pressed steel ones are the ones that usually worry me (not SBS - just as a general observation).
The Ifor one is cast though I can't remember what make it is. If I don't like the one on there it will go in the bin and I'll fit an Ifor one (or a NATO eye... for when the trailer brakes eventually seize up and get Bennyized  )
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19 October 2010, 08:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
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Engine: 200HP Optimax
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
So has mine which is a 2600 twin axle, but the hitch is still only pressed steel. Not a good a good old fashioned cast 'un.
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The new ones are cast on the bigger trailers, it is on my 1800EL.
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19 October 2010, 13:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Mines only 2 years old  it's an al-ko hitch
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19 October 2010, 15:22
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
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Engine: 200HP Optimax
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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
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~Sorry, couldn't resist.... 
Maybe they recently switched over, hard to tell on the pic from the SBS website but looks like the 2600 twin axle has the same Bradley hitch... The parts list shows Alko and Bradley...
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24 October 2010, 22:20
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: London/Oxford
Make: Ribcrafts
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150hp/2x115hp
MMSI: 235090215
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I haven't got any experience of NATO or pin and eye hitches but I've heard that they bang a lot.
Any truth?
Chris
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25 October 2010, 00:51
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CJL
I haven't got any experience of NATO or pin and eye hitches but I've heard that they bang a lot.
Any truth?
Chris
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Can't say I have used a civvy pin and eye coupling but the NATO is a bit clonky - I have a Sankey army 3/4 ton trailer and it's "always noticeable"
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